I’ve more or less adapted in two and half weeks of confinement.
Dresscode: Hoodies. But, get this: two groups, inside hoodies and outside hoodies. You must separate them by fit and filth. So, you’ve got your “classy” hoodie and then you’ve got the hoodie that can double as a napkin in an emergency. Wear the same jeans and hoodie all week, who cares! No one is going to see you!!
Schedule: none besides checking Pronote and email hourly. Turns out I’m not an extremely disciplined person. The only schedule I truly adhere to is three meals a day: breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Meals: prepped and delicious. Eating well is all I’ve got!! The highlight of my week was the courier bringing us gourmet coffee beans and I’m not going to lie, I’m also excited for the box of vegetables direct from the farm we get to pick up tomorrow. Wow. This is my life now.
Listen, I don’t want to be the corny teacher who lives for their students but I have an affinity for my job. I’ve realized something: I miss those annoying kids! That, folks, is the hardest part about confinement. No contact with those sweet rascals. In other ways it’s neat, I get to experiment with new ways of teaching and interacting (this blog, ahem) as well as recording my own audiobook for my 7th grade classes. I’m reading Charlotte’s Web to them and they draw me comic strips of what they understood from the chapter. I assure you, the drawings are hilarious. My literature class is making propaganda posters for George Orwell’s Animal Farm. I sit back and watch my inbox fill up with artwork then I frantically respond to every parent confirming the reception of every attached drawing. It’s daunting for someone who once tweeted “I wish everyone would stop sending me emails!! I can’t take it anymore!!”
And what about y’all? What have you begun to enjoy? What have you rediscovered?
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